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Quick contest: Get the sum of your ID, highest wins a Xat Fairy power

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I need help testing out the blog registration/login (I have a feeling it doesn’t always work). Only the first 5 users to respond to this post with their information will be able to participate.

To win you must add up the numbers of your ID (see below). The ID with the highest total wins 1 Fairy power (currently LIMITED and selling for 2,300-2,500 xats or 177-192 days).

Rules:

  • register on the Xatworld blog - it may take up to an hour to get the activation email/password. If you still don’t get it, try another email address.
  • post a screenshot of your Xat ID along with it’s total (add each individual number)
  • you must claim the prize from the same ID you post. If you are unable to I will move on to the next highest
  • only one response per user
  • highest total wins
  • friend me so I can find you! /f75519268

Example (I’m not participating):

7 + 5 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 6 + 8 = 43

That’s it.. Good luck to everyone and to those of you that attempt this, thanks very much for helping out!

 

 

Xat Thanksgiving and Christmas pawn/hat codes

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Once again another Xat holiday season is upon us. To celebrate Thanksgiving and get everyone in the Christmas spirit Xat is starting to roll out some of its traditional Xat Thanksgiving and Xat Christmas pawns. We’ve compiled a list of those pawns currently active on our Xat pawn codes page.

As of this posting the pawn codes only work in one of the several test chats.

We’ll add to the list if we come across any new Xat Thanksgiving or Xat Christmas pawn codes.

Top 12 Xat smileys for Halloween GLINE

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Halloween is here and it’s time to get busy scare-ifying your chat. Clearly you can start by choosing a spooky Halloween chat background, but why not choose just the right smileys for your GLINE power. If you’re stumped and can’t quite decide on which smileys to use here are our choices for the top 12 Xat Halloween themed GLINE smileys (note that GLINE requires that you use “normal” non-combo smileys).

1 & 2 (vampire)(gst)

Ahh, Halloween classics! Where would we be without the undead.

xat halloween smileys
xat halloween smileys

3 & 4 (dead)(scb)

How about the “dead”?

xat halloween smileys
xat halloween smileys

5. (evil)

Perhaps the scariest of all Xat smileys.

xat halloween smileys

6, 7 & 8 (shock)(aghast)(omg)

I’m not sure what these smileys were subjected to but their expressions clearly point to something scary and disturbing. Only 42 knows for sure.

xat halloween smileys
xat halloween smileys
xat halloween smileys

9. (gagged)

What’s the backstory here? Why has this smiley had its mouth taped shut?

xat halloween smileys

10. (rolling)

What sick contraption has this smiley endlessly rolling. One thing is sure, he’s not happy about it.

xat halloween smileys

11. (beye)

Creepy smileys.

xat halloween smileys

12. (sour)

xat halloween smileys

All 12 for the GLINE power:
vampire,gst,dead,scb,evil,shock,aghast,omg,gagged,rolling,beye,sour

Xatblogs GBACK contest

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xatblogs gback contest

First off, a big thank you to everyone that helped take the Xatblogs Facebook page past 300+ likes. That was awesome!

While I now sort through the Xatblogs banned game idea entries here, as promised, are the details of the GBACK contest:

To make this as fair as possible for everyone, this will involve no skill set whatsoever.

What to expect:

1. You will be asked to complete or come close to completing a flash jigsaw puzzle (takes 2 to 5 minutes tops).

2. The puzzle, once complete, will reveal the name of a chat and provide you with your only instruction for completing a very simple task.

3. First person to complete the task wins one GBACK power – simple as that!

When is the contest?

A link to the puzzle, with no additional information, will be Tweeted tonight, Saturday, October 1st at 8PM (pst – pacific standard time), on the Xatworld Twitter page.

IMPORTANT: To be clear, when this link displays a date of Saturday, October 1, 2011 and a time of 8:00:00 PM you’ll know that the tweet is close!

Tips!

The first person to come “close enough” to completing the puzzle is sure to win – so, being fast clearly helps. If you’re in some far off time-zone set your alarm now!

Demo (try this out just so you know what to expect):
http://six.flash-gear.com/npuz/puz.php?c=v&id=3212840&k=17846385

I won’t be taking questions on this so good luck to everyone.

———- contest over ———-

1. I tweeted this link via Xatworld’s Twitter feed at precisely 8:00 PM PST:

http://three.flash-gear.com/npuz/puz.php?c=v&id=3764247&k=40376817

2. Completing the puzzle would have given you this:

3. The secret code, found on the http://xat.com/xtblogs chat was “I WIN GBACK”
4. The first user to post was LITTLE JACK, second was Rkrd Zdk. I watched it go through and LJ posted 15-20 seconds sooner than Rkrd:

 

 

Challenge accepted – Supporter!

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…not from us, but from a Brazilian radio station chat; two of them actually (Docedado and RadioCantoUniversal). Seems that sometime this week, RadioCantoUniversal, popped up on the supported list out of nowhere; assigning a record 2345 SUPPORTER to their chat; beating out Docedado by several hundred. Today however, seems that “Docedado” has taken it personally and accepted the challenge. They have added roughly 1000 additional supporter to their chat pulling ahead to 2602.

Here’s where they are right now:

 

Here’s the breakdown of what they spent to get there:

For U$200 We can buy Xat’s  pack of 33,000 xats + 1980 days (currently the biggest bang for your buck)

Let’s cash those days in to make things easier. At roughly market value we get:
(1980 days * 13 xats) + the original 33,000 xats from the pack above = 60,540 xats

Worst case scenario, let’s say they had to buy supporter at cost (100 xats per unit). Here’s what they spent to get those 2602 supporter:
2602 supporter * 100 xats = 260,200 xats

That value translated to U$ (dollars):
260,200 / 60,540 xats = 4.3 blocks of Xat’s U$200 pack option or roughly U$860.00

Let’s see if RadioCantoUniversal hits back with another purchase :)

 

 

Xatblogs banned game idea contest

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BANNED GAME IDEA CONTEST WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED – see below

Welcome to Xatblogs.com’s first contest! The purpose of this contest is to have you, the Xat fanatic that you are, come up with the next idea for Xat’s series of somethingbanned games  (i.e. snakebanned, spacebanned, matchbanned, etc…).

xat game idea contest 1

xat game idea contest 2

This contest is open to all registered Xat users. If you can doodle, sketch, or draw, you can do this!. First think of a neat idea; something that you think would lend itself nicely to a Xat themed banning game. Have one? Great! Now grab a pencil and a piece of paper, fire up Paint, Photoshop, Pixlr, or use any medium of your choosing; anything that can  effectively be used to communicate your idea to Xat staff. When you’re ready, submit your idea below.

At the end of the contest, the top four entries will be chosen, they will be published here and each user will be awarded their corresponding prize (see below).

How to get started

1. register on Xatblogs.com
2. think of an idea
3. submit your idea

Contest rules and disclaimer

- all entries must be submitted here before Thursday September 29, 2011
- all entries will be held in a private queue until the end of the contest
- all entries must include (1) the game name and (2) description, (3) links to any relevant artwork, and (4) your registered Xat ID number

Game name:
Game description:
Relevant links:
Xat ID number:

- by submitting your idea below you agree to automatically grant to Xat (you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant), a Xat.com ltd. full irrevocable copyright for their winning game design

Prizes

1st place = Boot + Test power
2nd place = Angel
3rd place = Fade
4th place = Heart

-= Second chance bonus =-

If we reach 300 Facebook Xatblogs fans (try recruiting your FB friends) by September 29th, 2011, I’ll raffle off one GBACK power and come up with a reasonably fair idea so that everyone has an equal chance of winning – no skill required.

This contest is co-sponsored by Xatworld.com – Xat resource site

-= CONTEST WINNERS =-

1st place
Boot + Test power goes to Labyrinth Ban – TheAbnormal – 234150271

xatblogs banned game contest

2nd place
Angel goes to Whack a Ban – 287189088

xatblogs banned game contest

3rd place
Fade goes to Smiley Ban - SJBB – 147119047

xatblogs banned game contest

4th place
Heart goes to Memory Ban – dingobols2 – 376762524

xatblogs banned game contest

CONTEST: Come up with Xat’s next game!

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Details of this contest can be found within the Xatblogs contests group so I’ll make this short and sweet. :)

The basic contest idea is to come up with some fresh ideas for Xat’s next snakebanned, spacebanned, matchbanned type game. Something that will tie in with that concept.

You have just over two weeks to ask questions, to rough out an idea, and to submit it. Hopefully they (Xat) get some good ideas and lots of participation from everyone.

Good luck to everyone! I’m closing comments on this post so as not to confuse anyone about where to submit their idea.

xat game idea contest 1

xat game idea contest 2

Login to your Xat chat to prevent group transfers

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xat chat group transfer
Nothing new here, just a commentary on the importance of logging into your chat groups occasionally if you want to keep them.

As Xat.com chat names become more and more scarce, great chat names are becoming harder and harder to come by. Some may not know this but Xat allows users to purchase chats that have been abandoned by their owners. Xat clearly states on their chat group transfer page that,

“…your group has to be ownerless for more than 3 months to be transferred…”

So, by Xat definition, any chat that hasn’t had owner involvement for more than 3 months is considered abandoned and can freely be purchased by someone else.

My suggestion to all is that if you have a great chat name, calculate your 3-month expiration date, then be sure to either set up an alarm on your mobile phone or have it written down in your organizer. Do what you have to but be sure to minimally sign into your chat, ownered of course, before month 3 rolls around. You’ll be happy you did :)

Looking for more great information? Go register on Xatblogs.com right now! We’re actively writing their as well.